Resistance is Futile

If you are a biotechnology fan and an art fiend, constantly::oscillating::right-brain::left-brain, you may be drawn to an upcoming exhibit that explores the mutant space between the lobes.

Art and design inspired by biology is the theme at SFMOMA’s offering of works by architect Hernan Diaz Alonso starting March 31. His fancies include buildings that could have been sets for the sci-fi horror classic Alien.

Ribs, spines, diaphanous membranes – it’s all fair game for the concert halls and consumer products digitally envisioned by the architect and his Los Angeles design firm Xefirotarch (check out its incomprehensibly cool website.).

Case in point: the cell phone/earphone/display system pictured above, which can network with other cells through Velcro-like bristles.

Like DNA, the cells function both individually and collectively, the museum says.